Bo is joined by David Geary, an evolutionary psychologist who has carried out extensive research into sex differences. The two discuss why sexes evolved in the first place, how the minds of men and women differ, and whether trans is a social fad.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Why do we have sexes and what are they?
3:20 Could we have more sexes?
4:10 The evolutionary logic behind two sexes
5:55 What is sexual selection and why does it lead to sex differences?
7:05 Differential parental investment strategies
9:20 Humans aren’t as unique as we like to think
10:27 Bo poses a theory about sexual selection
13:07 Questioning Geoffrey Miller’s The Mating Mind paradigm
16:24 Lineage enhancement
18:22 The Danny DeVito problem
19:22 Status versus resources
22:02 Sex differences in the mind
24:45 Most important average differences
27:10 Dodging and throwing objects
31:18 The patriarchy critique
34:23 Feminism as an elite female ideology
35:58 Trans & the new gender ideology
40:00 Natal girls identifying as transgender
42:58 Is transgender a real category?
49:20 The stupidity of children
51:20 What about transgender suppression?
53:00 Bonus questions
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